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Principle
Baseline, biblical thinking, how does Scripture speak to this issue?
Personal
Where I am coming from- what experiences past and present are shaping their worldview?
Pastoral
Love and care for people, how do we practically care for people who are impacted by this issue
Public
Cultural implications, what does this issue reveal about our culture, how should Christians respond?
Policy
Legal implications, what kind of society are certain laws and policies seeking to make possible?
Prophetic
Truth to power- how do we speak up for people who are overlooked because of the way and issue is being handled
Genesis 9:6 (Noahic Covenant)
Equality and Justice for people when dealing with punishments, we are made in God's image
Exodus 21
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Lex Talionis
Law of retribution/retaliation (Exodus 21). Punishment fit for the crime; justice, not revenge
Matthew 5:38-42
This is apart of the Sermon on the Mount, "you have heard it said" is repeated, Lex Christi, turn the other cheek
Romans 13
Christians can promote the death penalty as directed by God
Murder
The intentional taking of innocent human life with premeditation, strategy, and malice. Involves thought, planning, and hatred.
Voluntary Manslaughter
Desire to kill still exists, sense of provocation is increased (something that makes them lose self-control)
Involuntary Manslaughter
No intent to kill, the killer does not imply any premeditation to kill nor is provoked to act. The issue is with negligence
Numbers 35
"If anyone strikes someone a fatal blow with and iron object, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death"
Mosaic Covenant
Provides the death penalty to be inflicted upon those persons convicted to adultery, bestiality, or blasphemy
Deuteronomy 25: 1-3
"but the judge must not impose more than fourth lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, you fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes"
Arguments against Capital Punishment
The death penalty is barbaric and cruel punishment, hardly the measure of a civilized society
The death penalty is illogical: in order to show that killing is wrong, we are going to take the people who kill other people and subsequently kill them
Life imprisonment would send a stronger message against violent crime, because then the criminal would have to live bearing the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life
The death penalty has been administered to innocent people who have been wrongly accused and put to death
No matter what, the death penalty will never provide true closure for the victim's family
The Old Testament legitimacy of capital punishment is superseded by Jesus' command of forgiveness in Matthew 5:39
Arguments for Capital Punishment
In the US, lethal injection is the method of execution means we are moving away from cruel and barbaric methods
It is wrong to take innocent human life, when a murderer commits his act, he forfeits his innocence
If we imprison murderers for life, justice is not fully exact, justice should be proportional and swift
Due to new technology, we can eliminate almost all doubt about the guilt of the accused
The death penalty will create closure for the family although it does not heal the family's heart break
Matthew 5:39 has to do with being insulted and not in life-threatening violence
Conception View
Life begins when the sperm and the egg meet
Critical Organs View
There is a heart, brain, and central nervous system, this is around 6 weeks
Viability
A good chance when the child can survive outside of the womb, it could be born premature
Birth View
The fetus becomes a human right at birth
Post-birth
When it is aware of itself as a living body over a period of time, it can desire and plan for things, must want to go on living, and is a decision making being who can distinguish between suffering and satisfaction
Passive Euthanasia
A hands off mentality, nobody is doing anything to speed up dying, lets nature take its course, the key question is: can we save ____'s life?
Assisted Suicide
A physician gives a drug that will help a person end their life, this is talking about death with dignity
Arguments for Assisted Suicide
It is morally wrong for a dying person have to endure so much suffering
People have a choice to decide when they want to die and what to do with their bodies
There is a lot of emotional trama when it comes to watching your family member suffer
Medical care should be truly compassionate, we shouldn't focus so much time on people who's situations are irreversible
Arguments against Assisted Suicide
Suffering can be redemptive, there are teachable moments through pain
Doctors can be wrong when assuming the patient will not recover
We do not truly have free autonomy and freedom over our bodies, God constructed us
How can we determine the point where it is not worth living a life
There is a slippery slope with were does the exceptions for assisted death stop?
What percent of the world's population lives with disabilities?
15% of the world
How do many people feel when they interact with people with disabilities?
Most people feel uncomfortable when talking or interacting
Meaning of the work euthanasia in Greek
Good death
What does Jesus show to those with disabilities?
Compassion
What is one way that people with disabilities are offered equal opportunities through the Americans With Disabilities Act
Through the law and no discrimination
_________ is one way people with disabilities endure pain and hardship
Through communication and contact with others, also getting a job helps out too
What is the unemployment rate for those with disabilities?
66% and going down
______ is the procedure to assist in the conception of a child
IVF (In-vitro fertilization)
______ deals with concerns about discrimination and consumerism
Reprogenetics
_______ has a well-meaning motive to become aware of genetic disorders earlier
Reprogenetics
______ is the process of prenatal diagnosis made available for couples
Reprogenetics
______: well-meaning motive is to help couples struggling to have children
IVF
_______: well-meaning motive is to increase personal capabilities
Trans-humanism
______: desire to use science to enhance human intellect and activity
Trans-humanism
_____: concern about which source has the highest pluripotency and stability
Stem cell activity
______: for the purposes of discovering cures for longstanding diseases
Stem cell activity
________: concern about the limits and uniqueness of human beings
Trans-humanism
_______: well meaning motive is to cure diseases like Parkinson's
Stem cell activity
_______: concern about treating human life— even at the smallest stages— as a commodity
IVF
In-vitro Fertilization
A series of procedures designed to assist in the conception of a child
Stem Cell Activity
Mainly for the purposes of discovering cures for longstanding diseases and afflictions, this technology collects stem cells, cells from which over two hundred different tissues in the human body originate
Reprogenetics
The process by which couples can go through a process of prenatal diagnosis, testing prenatal tissue in embryos to scene for different diseases and then select the one without the afflicted traits
Trans-humanism
A radical new vision of humanity (also know as post-humanism)
Who said that unwanted embryos should be destroyed and not brought to full term
Aristotle
Psalm 139: 13-14
"God knitted me together in my mother's womb"
Didache on Abortion
To have an abortion is murder, do not abort your child
Deutoronomy 5:17
Talks about that you shall not murder
Pro-Abortion
Viewpoint that abortion should be an unrestricted right for any woman at any stage
Pro-life
All life, womb to tomb is sacred and must be kept that way
Pro-choice
Viewpoint that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare, this is also up to the woman
What is one of the two main reasons God allow the death penalty in ancient Israel
To preserve the dignity and worth of human beings
True or False: If we are committed to bringing God's shalom into the world, we need to carefully consider and seek to address the conditions that lead to violence
True
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